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Commenting on music in Juvenal's sixth satire
Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 541-562, September 2024.Abstract The satires of Juvenal were immensely popular in Renaissance Italy, printed in various forms over 70 times in the period 1469‐1520, and five times in 1501 alone. The satires contain a wealth of references to instruments, instrumentalists, and playing practices that are frequently used in double entendres connoting lewd acts and infidelity ...
Ciara O'Flaherty, Tim Shephard
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A short historical overview on the use of lead [PDF]
, 2018 This historical introduction to the use of lead in art and technology was originally written to give context to lead conservation studies by the authors.
Adriaens, Mieke +2 more
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Perceptual axioms are irreconcilable with Euclidean geometry
European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 4217-4223, August 2024.We demonstrate in this work a fundamental distinction between the logic of the visual perceptual system and the cognitive (mathematical) one. We provide evidence that perceptual axioms, though known to be true perceptually, cannot be mathematically described or reconciled with Euclidean geometry. These findings challenge previous assumptions that these
Semir Zeki +3 more
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Marine concrete technology in Vitruvius’s De Architectura Libri Decem [PDF]
Urbanism. Arhitectura. ConstructiiVitruvius’s De Architectura Libri Decem is a treatise on architecture dating to the onset of the Pax Romana. It covers the design and practice to erect private and public buildings including marine structures.
Lino Bianco
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, 2015 Mannerist architects in the Cinquecento created what can be called “tropic architecture.” They set out to break the rules of classical architecture, but the rule-breaking was done systematically, by applying rhetorical tropes, or figures of speech, to ...
Hendrix, John S
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 375-395, July/August 2024.Abstract A spring tunnel is an ancient water installation used to artificially increase the water yield of a spring through a subterranean tunnel. We have developed a database of 216 spring tunnels documented in the central region of the Southern Levant (present‐day Israel), constructed between Iron Age II and the modern era.
Azriel Yechezkel +4 more
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Luigi Vagnetti (ed.): 2000 anni di Vitruvio. Luigi Vagnetti: Prospettiva [PDF]
, 1980 The review, here reprinted in a full text version, discusses two books by Luigi Vagnetti published in 1978 and 1979. The first book, 2000 anni di Vitruvio, constitutes a complete bibliography of editions of Vitruvius’ treatise on architecture, with ...
Davis, Charles
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Why do architectural schools bother to teach theory? [PDF]
, 2014 Ponencia presentada a Session 1: Educación y arquitectura: fundamentos teóricos / Education and architecture: theoretical ...
Komac, Urša
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, 2015 UCL has one of the foremost university Special Collections in the UK. It is a treasure trove of national and international importance, comprising over a million items dating from the 4th century AD to the present day.
Furlong, GM
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The role of the Praenotamenta of Jodocus Badius Ascensius in shaping early modern dramatic criticism
Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 416-434, June 2024.Abstract This article examines the profound and enduring legacy of the treatise on classical drama known as Praenotamenta ascensiana in shaping early modern dramatic poetics. Written by Flemish scholar Jodocus Badius Ascensius (1462–1535) as a preface to his 1502 edition of the Classical plays of Terence, this work has been unjustly overlooked by the ...
Giulia Torello‐Hill
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